OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Team Yoast Yoast SEO allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Yoast SEO: from n/a through 21.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Yoast	Yoast Seo

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress-seo/wordpress-yoast-seo-plugin-21-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-11-30T12:21:54.791Z

Updated: 2024-10-01T15:48:36.874Z

Reserved: 2023-08-18T15:18:28.338Z

Link: CVE-2023-40680

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:38:51.082Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-11-30T13:15:07.927

Modified: 2023-12-05T19:17:20.893

Link: CVE-2023-40680

Redhat

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